Word
من خود پایاننامهی فوقلیسانس را نوشتم.
Meaning
I myself wrote the master's degree thesis.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of من خود پایاننامهی فوقلیسانس را نوشتم.
من
I
نوشتنneveshtan
to write
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خودkhod
self
Questions & Answers about من خود پایاننامهی فوقلیسانس را نوشتم.
Why does the sentence use just خود instead of خودم?
While you usually see the reflexive pronoun with a personal ending (خودم for "myself"), plain خود can be used right after a subject pronoun (like من) to add emphasis. It translates to "I myself" or "I personally". Saying من خودم is also perfectly correct and very common in spoken Farsi, but من خود sounds a bit more formal or literary.
Why is را placed after فوقلیسانس rather than right after the main object, پایاننامه?
The word را always marks the entire definite direct object phrase, not just the head noun. Because پایاننامهی فوقلیسانس (the master's degree thesis) is a single phrase connected by the ezāfe (ـی), the را has to go at the very end of the whole chain.
How does the word فوقلیسانس translate to "master's degree"?
It is a combination of the Arabic loanword فوق, meaning "above" or "super", and the French loanword لیسانس, meaning a bachelor's degree (licence). So a master's degree is literally "above a bachelor's degree".
What is the literal breakdown of the word پایاننامه?
It combines پایان, meaning "end" or "conclusion", and نامه, meaning "letter" or "document". The suffix is used in many Farsi words for official documents or records, such as (passport). So, a thesis is literally an "end-document" for your degree!